Small car Alto continued to dominate the sales chart, reporting sales of 2,57,732 units in 2017, followed by the DZire, Baleno, Swift and WagonR, in that order. It had two more models, the Vitara Brezza and Celerio, on the top-ten list, with Hyundai Motor taking the remaining three positions.

The country's largest selling hatchback, Alto, saw a decline of 16 percent in sales during the April-August period. Similarly, popular models like Swift and Swift Dzire continue to lose their sheen in the market.

Priced at Rs 39,500 (ex-showroom, Delhi), Honda Navi is the first 100% Honda R&D India model - from concept development to commercial production. It is powered by 109cc engine which makes 8PS at 7,000rpm and delivers a peak torque of 8.96Nm at 5,500rpm.

Maruti Suzuki continues to outperform with newly launched Vitara Brezza and Baleno. Both the cars have a minimum waiting period of 8-9 months. The company has been working on to reduce the waiting period for both the cars.

Hero MotoCorp’s Splendor, which is not only India’s best selling motorcycle, but world’s highest selling, has constantly lost ground to Honda’s scooter, Activa which is now within sniffing distance of the leadership position

As per the suit filed, Royal Enfield has infringed Flash electronics’ patent on “Regulator Rectifier Device and Method for Regulating an Output Voltage of the Same” duly issued by the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) to Flash Electronics on February 20, 2018 after Flash’s R&D department made a breakthrough invention of the component in 2014.